Basilodon

Basilodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid.^[1] The type species, Basilodon woodwardi was originally named in 1921 as Dicynodon woodwardi. Fossils have been found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone and Dicynodon Assemblage Zone of the Balfour Formation of the Beaufort Group in South Africa.

Basilodon Temporal range: Late Permian ~259–254 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Basilodon woodwardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Family:	†Lystrosauridae
Genus:	†Basilodon Kammerer et al. 2011
Type species
†Basilodon woodwardi (Broom, 1921)
Synonyms
Dicynodon woodwardi Broom, 1921